fodder

noun

/ˈfɒdə(r)/

/ˈfɑːdər/

[uncountable]

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food for horses and farm animals（马等家畜的）饲料，秣Topics Farmingc2
(disapproving) (often after a noun常置于名词后) people or things that are considered to have only one use（人或东西）只能是…的料
- Without education, these children will end up as factory fodder (= only able to work in a factory).不受教育，这些孩子将来只能到工厂干活。
- This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists.这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
- He regarded lists of rules, regulations and procedures as dustbin fodder (= only fit to be thrown away).他把一系列规则、条例和程序视为垃圾。